Our long national nightmare is almost over… As @mortreport is reporting, an agreement between NFL and NFLRA is at hand and both sides will work to have officials working this weekend. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 26, 2012 The replacement refs could be gone as the official officials could reach an agreement with the NFL […]

A conglomeration of red and white jerseys wrestled with each other on the Georgia Dome turf, a football somewhere within. Three under-experienced, under-qualified, over-uniformed men sifted through the mass of Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos players, trying to determine who had possession of the ball. One replacement ref indicated the football belonged to Atlanta. Moments […]

“Just three bad decisions,” said Peyton Manning. You’re about as likely to see Peyton Manning make three bad decisions in one quarter as you are to see Elvis Dumervil get utterly shut out at the line of scrimmage, but both occurred and played significant factors in the Denver Broncos‘ Week Two Monday Night game against […]

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On Sunday, replacement referee Kevin Akin was the head linesman for the Browns–Eagles Week 1 match-up.  Philadelphia defeated Cleveland in the game by a score of 17-16 following a late game go-ahead-touchdown pass from quarter Michael Vick. That same ref—Kevin Akin—will be working the Broncos–Falcons game on Monday Night Football next week.  On Tuesday, Akin was in […]